Police detain 17 HDP officials in western Turkey over social media posts
Turkish police on Thursday detained 17 officials and members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) due to their messages on social media, Turkish...
Outlawed PKK militants kill 8 Turkish soldiers in attack in Batman
Eäght Turkish soldiers were killed and two others were wounded on Thursday in an attack carried out by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)...
Elderly Turkish man goes blind in one eye in prison; family alleges neglect
Abdullah Aydoğan, an 82-year-old Turkish man imprisoned for alleged links to the Gülen movement, was released on parole after losing sight in his right...
Asylum applications in Turkey dropped by 44.5 percent in 2020: OECD report
An annual report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on migration flows to its member countries has revealed that the number...
157 people die due to workplace accidents across Turkey in September
One hundred fifty-seven people died in occupational accidents in Turkey in September, according to statistics released by the Occupational Safety and Health Assembly (İSİGM),...
Turkey’s culture ministry bans Kurdish movie ‘Rojbash’ in theaters
The Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry has refused to allow the Kurdish movie “Rojbash” to be screened in theaters across the country on the...
Calling Erdogan a Jew is insulting and damaging to his prestige and honor, his...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s lawyer said that referring to the president as a Jew is insulting and damaging to his prestige and honor,...
Salaries for members of new presidential agencies put extra burden on Turkey’s budget
Members of nine newly established presidential agencies who will work with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will each be paid a monthly salary of TL...
Greta Thunberg visits Turkey radio station closed over Armenian genocide row
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday visited İstanbul’s Açık Radyo, whose broadcasts were silenced earlier this month by Turkish authorities after a guest...
Turkish court hands down suspended sentence to Kurdish folk singer for terrorist propaganda
The İstanbul 27th High Criminal Court sentenced Kurdish folk singer Veysi Ermiş to 18 months in prison for "terrorist propaganda" for using worlds like...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2022. Authoritarianism continued to gain ground...
Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
In recent years...